Texas A&M Law students create legal tool box for entities building water desalination and water recycling facilities
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Authors Seth J. Boettcher, Courtney Gately, Alexandra L. Lizano, Alexis S. Long and Alexis Yelvington participated in the EENRSLP Spring 2020 Capstone. Their reports are designed to help regulators, utilities, and the private sector navigate the legal and regulatory framework, and they identify required federal and local permits and other compliance criteria.
Read More about Texas A&M Law students create legal tool box for entities building water desalination and water recycling facilitiesTexas A&M Law Immigration Rights Clinic petitions for release of medically at-risk detainees
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Texas A&M Immigrant Rights Clinic filed a petition in federal court last Friday demanding that ICE immediately release eleven medically-vulnerable immigrants from the Prairieland Detention Center, where 45 detained individuals have tested positive for COVID-19.
Read More about Texas A&M Law Immigration Rights Clinic petitions for release of medically at-risk detaineesUniversity of Virginia Law professor Andrew Block and students research racial inequalities in Virginia law and regulations
UNIVERSITY OF VIRIGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The five students worked on the project during the spring semester. Block is an expert on child advocacy and juvenile policy, and director of the Law School’s new State and Local Government Policy Clinic, which officially begins in the fall. He previously served as the head of the Virginia Department of…
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Congratulations, WashULaw Class of 2020! You did it, and we couldn’t be more proud. We are so disappointed that we are unable to celebrate you in-person this year—though be sure to save the date for your in-person commencement celebration, to take place on May 30, 2021.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — This year, three students tied for the rank of number one in the class: Christine M. D’Alessandro, Mary K. (“Katie”) Lapidus and Kelsie M. Sicinski.
Read More about William & Mary Law recognizes outstanding graduatesHarvard Law makes ‘Zero-L’ program for incoming students available to all law schools this summer
HARVARD LAW TODAY – Several years ago, Harvard Law School (HLS) administrators observed that the profile of incoming law school students was very different than it was even a decade ago. Students coming to HLS now reflected many different backgrounds and lived experiences, with many more having majored in a STEM field in college, spent four…
Read More about Harvard Law makes ‘Zero-L’ program for incoming students available to all law schools this summerCDC releases guidelines for colleges on reducing the spread of coronavirus amid reopening
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance on Tuesday for colleges as they reopen their campuses. Colleges will be looking to the CDC as many prepare to welcome back students, 19.9 million of whom were enrolled at U.S. colleges last fall. While the guidance does not address when or whether colleges should…
Read More about CDC releases guidelines for colleges on reducing the spread of coronavirus amid reopeningHow to improve online teaching in the fall
INSIDE HIGHER ED – Most colleges and universities quickly pivoted to remote instruction after COVID-19 forced suspension of on-campus activities. Academic leaders and faculty across the nation did yeoman’s work to effect such a drastic change. Yet we learned this spring that the basic transition of face-to-face courses into remote delivery did not provide the comprehensive…
Read More about How to improve online teaching in the fallOpinion: Universities need to be centers of life-long learning post COVID-19
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The COVID-19 pandemic has served to accelerate the changing market for postsecondary education.
Read More about Opinion: Universities need to be centers of life-long learning post COVID-19Survey: Undergraduate students prefer in-person classes to online
INSIDE HIGHER ED – Niche, a website that reviews colleges for prospective students, decided to survey those who come to its website about the scenarios. Some of what it found from a survey of 10,000 students — in high school and college — is similar to other surveys. But its findings reinforce the view of many…
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